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The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1587 · Made 30 June 1998

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PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTHERN IRELAND

Made 30th June 1998

Coming into force 1st July 1998

Whereas a draft of the following Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 1 (4A) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979f1 and was approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 (1A) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1979 c. 17; section 1 was amended by section 23 of the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Statutory sum for the purposes of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Statutory sum for the purposes of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979

For the purposes of section 1 (1A) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 the statutory sum is £40,000.

3Revocation

The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1991f1 is hereby revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Patricia Hollis

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

30th June 1998

We consent,

Bob Ainsworth

John McFall

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

30th June 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases from £30,000 to £40,000 the sum which is payable under section 1(1) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a person in respect of whom a claim for payment is first made on or after the date of this Order coming into force is, or was immediately before his death, severely disabled as a result of vaccination against any disesase to which that Act applies. Article 3 contains a revocation consequent upon the coming into force of this Order.

This Order does not impose a charge on business.